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We like beer
(and cider)
Try these favourites brought to you by
beerbistro’s kitchen and floor staff.
Achel Extra....................................................................Jon S
Anchor Steam Beer.................................................Nathan C
Brooklyn Monster Ale....................................................Alisha
Cheval Blanc..............................................................Reanna
Czechvar.......................................................................Grace
De La Senne Taras Boulba.......................................Sarah C
Dieu du Ciel! Aphrodite................................................Natalie
Dieu du Ciel! Péché Mortel........................................Michelle
Engelszell Gregorious Trappistenbier..............Greg & Jeff M
La Trappe Quadrupel Oak Aged.............................Burgundy
Maudite........................................................................James
Nickel Brook Immodest Imperial IPA..............................Holly
Orval................................................................................Kyle
Pêche Mel Scaldis.......................................Ché & Jennifer F
Rochefort 8....................................................................Jeff B
Rodenbach Grand Cru.....................................Beth & Cayley
Shillow Beer Co. Sass on the Side................................Jen B
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale........................Charles, Erik & Isaiah
Stiegl Pils.......................................................................Lydia
Thomas Hardy’s Ale 2006.............................................David
Tripel Karmeliet..............................................................Emily
Urthel Hop-It................................................... Bethune & Zoe
Table of Contents:
On Draught
Quenching: Lighter-bodied wheat beers
Blanche de Chambly....................................................5
Hopf Helle Weisse.......................................................5
Samuel Adams Summer Ale........................................5
Crisp: Pilsners and other light blonde lagers & ales
Hacker-Pschorr Edelhell..............................................5
Pilsner Urquell..............................................................5
Appetizing: Ales ranging from sweet-tart to sour
Rodenbach Grand Cru.................................................6
Sociable: Light to medium-bodied lagers and ales
Gales Seafarers...........................................................6
Shillow Beer Co. Sass on the Side.............................. 7
Bold: Hoppy beers with mild to bracing bitterness
Collective Arts Ransack the Universe..........................7
Nickel Brook Immodest Imperial IPA...........................7
Publican House Square Nail Pale Ale..........................8
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale............................................... 8
Stone Arrogant Bastard Ale.........................................8
Satisfying: Porters and stouts
St. Ambroise Oatmeal Stout........................................ 9
Spicy: Ales with spices or lively spicy character
La Trappe Tripel...........................................................9
Robust: Big-bodied, sometimes assertive ales
Maudite........................................................................9
Fruity: Fermented or finished with real fruit or juices
Mort Subite Kriek.........................................................9
Cider: Not beer, but still nice
Ontario Cider Rotational Tap..................................... 10
The Beers of the Moment........................ 10
Bottles or Cans
Looking for a specific beer? Check out the index at the
back of this menu
Quenching: Lighter-bodied wheat beers
Cheval Blanc, Hacker-Pschorr Hefe Weisse,
Schneider Weisse......................................................11
Crisp: Pilsners and other blonde lagers
Czechvar....................................................................11
Collective Arts Saint of Circumstance, Singha Lager,
Stiegl Pils, Zywiec......................................................12
Appetizing: Ales ranging from sweet-tart to sour
Bockor Cuvée des Jacobins Rouge,
Le Trou du Diable L’Ours,
VanderGhinste Oud Bruin..........................................13
Sociable: Light to medium-bodied lagers and ales
Anchor Steam Beer....................................................13
Black Oak Nut Brown Ale, Erdinger Weissbier Dunkel,
Hobgoblin, Innis & Gunn Oak Aged Beer,
Left Field Eephus Oatmeal Brown Ale.......................14
Köstritzer Schwarzbier, Samuel Adam’s Boston Lager,
Side Launch Dark Lager, St. Peter’s English Ale.......15
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Bottles or Cans (Con’t)
Looking for a specific beer? Check out the index at the
back of this menu
Satisfying: Porters and stouts
Dieu du Ciel! Aphrodite, Guinness,
Mill Street Coffee Porter,
Muskoka Winter Beard Chocolate Cranberry Stout,
Young’s Double Chocolate Stout...................................16
Bold: Hoppy beers with mild to bracing bitterness
Anchor Liberty Ale, Black Oak Break of Dusk,
Cameron’s Rye Pale Ale, Central City Red Racer IPA..17
Collective Arts Rhyme & Reason,
De la Senne Taras Boulba, Dieu du Ciel! Disco Soliel,
Dieu du Ciel! Moralité....................................................18
Fuller’s ESB, Goose Island Goose IPA,
Great Lakes THRUST! An IPA,
New Holland Michigan Awesome Hatter.......................19
New Holland Rye Hatter, Nickel Brook Headstock IPA,
Nickel Brook Naughty Neighbour,
Thiriez Étoile du Nord....................................................20
Robust: Big-bodied, sometimes assertive ales
Aventinus, Chimay Première, Dragon Stout, Kwak,
Rochefort 6....................................................................21
Rochefort 8, Sinha Stout, St. Paul Double,
Traquair House Ale, Trois Pistoles................................22
Vander Ghinste Brasserie LeFort,
Westmalle Dubbel......................................................... 23
Smoky: Like the name says
Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier, Freigeist Abraxxxas.......23
Spicy: Ales with spices or lively spicy character
Brigand Belgian Ale, Chimay White,
De la Senne Zinnebir, Delirium Tremens......................24
Duvel, La Fin du Monde, Le Trou du Diable La Buteuse,
Mikkeller Texas Ranger.................................................25
Orval 2011, Stillwater Stateside Saison,
Tripel Karmeliet.............................................................26
Urthel Hop-It, Wild Beer Ninkasi, Westmalle Tripel.......27
Soothing: Deeply potent, malty dark ales
Achel Extra Bruin...........................................................27
Chimay Blue, Dieu du Ciel! Péché Mortel,
Engelszell Gregorious Trappistenbier, Kasteel Donker.28
Les Trois Mousquetaires Grand Cuvée Porter Baltique,
Mikkeller Monk’s Brew, Smuttynose Imperial Stout,
St. Bernardus Abt 12.....................................................29
X.O. Beer.......................................................................30
Fruity: Ales fermented or finished with fruit or juice
Früli Strawberry, Mort Subite Framboise,
Pêche Mel Scaldis, Stiegl Radler Grapefruit................. 30
Gluten-free: Pretend that you can drink beer
BSG Glutenberg Pale Ale Américaine,
Lakefront New Grist...................................................... 31
Cider: Not beer, but still nice
Spirit Tree Draught Cider...............................................31
Alcohol-Free: What.
Erdinger Weissbier Alkoholfrei......................................31
The Beer Cellar............................................33 - 38
Everything Else............................... Look in the tunk
On Draught
Quenching
Softly spicy and fruity German- and
Belgian-style wheat beers
Blanche de Chambly
Québec, 5% alc./vol.
Style: Belgian White
Québec’s Unibroue produces what is commonly
considered the finest Belgian-style wheat beer brewed in
Canada. Making use of a centuries-old tradition of
spicing ales with gruit: a melange of flavourings that
predate the use of hops; Belgian whites always have
coriander seed and orange peel in the recipe. In this
beer, you’ll find both in the refreshing aroma and citrusy
palate.
Hopf Helle Weisse
Germany, 5.5% alc./vol.
Style: Hefeweizen
Hopf, which is apparently someone’s last name, is the
maker of what may be your new favorite weissbier.
Bright, light and refreshing, it carries mild flavours of
vanilla, banana and bubblegum with every silken sip.
Even if you aren’t normally a fan of German wheat beers,
this one is worth a second chance, and probably a third
and a fourth.
Samuel Adams Summer Ale
Massachusetts, 5.3% alc./vol.
Style: American wheat
Brewed with lemon zest and grains of paradise (an
African spice related to cardamom), this clean-tasting
wheat beer is a great choice to beat the heat.
Remarkably citrusy, also present are light cereal notes
and an understated pepperiness in the background.
Crisp
Dry, refreshing lagers ranging from
moderately bitter to appetizingly hoppy
Hacker-Pschorr Edelhell
Style: Helles
This beer is only one of two that has constantly been on
our menu from the very first day we opened. For those
dedicated to more mainstream tastes, this blonde lager is
the finest interpretation of what is the most popular family
of beers in the world, and is dry, not too bitter, and driven
by malt.
Pilsner Urquell
Czech Republic, 4.4% alc./vol.
Style: Czech pilsner
It took over one and a half centuries to get draught
Pilsner Urquell pouring in Canada, but we’re proud to
have been the bar that served it first. The world’s most
popular style of beer was born with this brand, originating from the Czech town for which the style is named:
Plzeň. Local Bohemian Saaz hops add not only a floral
note, but a delicate bitterness that is kept in perfect
balance by the presence of sweet, bready malt.
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On Draught
Appetizing
Ales with a varying balance between tart and sweet, with
fruitiness and mouth-wateringly dry malt
Nickel Brook Über Berliner Weisse
Ontario, 4.2% alc./vol.
Style: Berliner weisse
Known as “the worker’s sparkling wine” back in its native
Berlin, this traditional style of tart wheat beer has been
gaining enough interest in North America to get a bunch
of craft brewers here making their own. Nickel Brook’s
Über is such a welcome addition to the Ontario beer
scene, you almost have to wonder why no one around
here was brewing a Berliner weisse until only a few of
years ago. While closely related to the better-known
acidic lambics of Belgium, it differs by being much
cleaner tasting, without the earthen musty notes present
in that style. Light bodied and perfect for a hot day, it’s
sour and refreshing with flavours of lemon and tart apple.
And if you want it the way it’s served in Germany, ask for
a shot of our homemade green Woodruff syrup to make
your pint sweet and herbaceous.
Rodenbach Grand Cru
Belgium, 6% alc./vol.
Style: Flemish sour ale
“You love it or you hate it” is the advertising slogan for
Rodenbach’s prized sour ale. And true to those words,
the extraordinarily tart and sweetly refreshing flavour of
this beer can surprise even that guy over there with the
'beeriodic table of elements' t-shirt. Matured for up to two
years in the same uncoated oak vats the brewery has
used for over a century and a half, this is an assertive,
wine-like and satisfying ale that stretches the boundaries
of what a beer can be.
Sociable
Ales and lagers with moderate strength,
medium body and near-perfect balance
Gales Seafarers
England, 3.6% alc./vol.
Style: Bitter
In the early 2000s, Fuller’s Brewing bought the 150 yearold Gales Brewery, along with all the secrets hidden in
George Gale’s notebooks. Those pages held the
inspiration for Seafarers: a 100% English malt bitter
brewed with the Gale house yeast strain for a mild,
toasty and toffee-touched session ale. And maybe the
name itself demanded the use of Admiral hops, which
contribute a satisfying woody and citrus profile. Brewed
in tribute to Gale’s association with local mariners, a
portion of every sale goes towards Seafarers UK,
Britain’s leading maritime charity.
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On Draught
Sociable
Ales and lagers with moderate strength,
medium body and near-perfect balance
Shillow Beer Co. Sass on the Side
Style: American brown ale
Too bad we sold that trumpet, because this beer
deserves some fanfare. Exclusive to beerbistro is this
offering from Ontario’s newest craft brewery, helmed by
our very own Jamie Shillow and her husband Ben. Sass
on the Side is their first of what we think will be many
excellent, regularly produced beers. This American brown
ale has layers of flavour from start to finish. Smooth
chocolate and delicately roasted malts are at the forefront
of a beer that gently converts to an earthen and lightly
astringent hoppy bitterness, and then to a quenching offdry finish. Pairing with a wide variety of dishes, it’s
exactly what a beer cuisine restaurant could ask for.
Bold
Hoppy ales with a moderate to full bitterness
and a naturally fruity character
Collective Arts Ransack the Universe
Style: India pale ale
Collective Arts calls this their “Hemisphere IPA”, because
they sourced hops from opposite sides of the planet. In
this beer, you get the juicy collision of Australian Galaxy
hops and Mosaic hops from Yakima, Washington. Both of
these hops are just flavour monsters, characterized by
Jolly-Rancher-levels of tropical fruitiness. The beer is
named after a vintage oddities store in The Junction, and
at 85 IBUs, it has layers of taste as eclectic as the
selection you’ll find over there.
Nickel Brook Immodest Imperial IPA
Ontario, 9% alc./vol.
Style: Imperial India pale ale
Nickel Brook has found a new home in the Science wing
of Hamiton’s Arts & Science Brewing Company (the other
half is Collective Arts Brewing). Here, they’re taking their
precision to new heights with beers like this bitter and
savoury Imperial IPA. Simcoe hops have been around for
most of the recent upsurgence in craft brewing, but rarely
in such a prominent form. In this beer, they provide an
intense earthiness that’s like walking through a forest
after a rainstorm. Combined with the fruit bomb that is the
Citra hop, you’ll feel a burst of sunlight through the trees.
All this amounts to a super strong beer that is
dangerously gulpable, all thanks to the genius of science.
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On Draught
Bold
Hoppy ales with a moderate to full bitterness
and a naturally fruity character
Publican House Square Nail Pale Ale
Style: American pale ale
Peterborough’s The Publican House Brewery opened its
doors to thirsty locals in late 2008, and they did us a
great favour back in 2010 by personally driving some of
their kegs over to us in Toronto. Now it's back, and we
think they even hired a delivery guy. Dominated by
Cascade hops, the aromas are the classic one-two
punch of grapefruit and pine, but the taste is restrained,
with toasted malt, nuts and fruit backed by moderate
bitterness.
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
California, 5.6% alc./vol.
It's so common in The States that you can pretty much
get a six-pack at every 7/11 in the country. That's why
Americans sometimes struggle with our excitement over
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. It's a long story, but it involves
the government, a barrel, and a good amount of bending.
But that's all over now, because our overlords have
finally allowed the sale of draught Sierra Nevada Pale
Ale in Ontario, a mere 35 years after the beer was first
brewed. Winner of an astonishing 7 GABF Gold Medals,
this is simply what an American Pale Ale is all about.
Cascade hops give this beer its bright citrus aroma and
delectable hop bite, serving as the standard-bearer for
Pale Ales across the continent.
Stone Arrogant Bastard Ale
Style: American strong ale
Rob Ford’s favorite beer is finally available in Canada.
Stone’s Arrogant Bastard was born during a brewing
renaissance in the mid-90s when a few intrepid brewers
really started to test their limits. In fact, the entire
nebulous style known “American strong ale” may owe its
continued existence due to this big angry fella right here.
Layered with melding flavours, Arrogant Bastard is
tremendously hoppy but tastes nothing like an IPA. Sit
down for a sip and experience bursts of grain, dank
woody spice, grapefruit and chewy cookies. Since we
don’t have an “Aggressive” category, we’ll just slip this
one in the Robust section.
Try a flight of 3 draught
Samples for $6
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On Draught
Satisfying
Ales, porters and stouts with gentle bitterness and
chocolaty or roasty character
St. Ambroise Oatmeal Stout
Style: Stout
Richer than your typical dry Irish stout, St. Ambroise’s
Oatmeal stout is perhaps the finest example of the style.
Oats lend a silken texture to this beer that drinks with
notes of mocha, fruit, and a bitterness that’s perfectly
balanced between roast and hop.
Spicy
Malty, well-rounded ales with a natural spiciness either
from fermentation, a spice addition, or both
La Trappe Tripel
The Netherlands, 8% alc./vol.
Style: Tripel (Trappist)
When all you do is pray and brew, you're generally good
at both. The monks at La Trappe do in fact produce a
pretty mean tripel spiked with coriander. A staple spice in
the brewing world for wheat beers and Belgian blondes,
when it's added to this richer style, you get something
like this: golden and slightly sweet, it tastes at once
bready and fruity, with an invigorating alcoholic punch.
Robust
Rich and warming ales with a full maltiness and
impressive complexity
Maudite
Style: Belgian strong ale
La Maudite (the damned one) is a dark, coriander-spiced
ale from what is now the most successful Québec
brewery in existence. Effervescent with aromas of ripe
fruits, it drinks slightly sweet with warming spice, caramel
and more fruity notes. Enjoy it on its own or with tomatobased pastas or red meats.
Fruity
Beers fermented or finished with real fruit or juices
Mort Subite Kriek
Belgium, 4.3% alc./vol.
Style: Lambic, fruit
From the not-quite undisputed masters of sweetened
lambic comes a fruit beer flavoured with dark cherries
native to Brussels. Traditionally brewed, spontaneouslyfermented beer forms the tangy base for this drink that is
further enlivened by the addition of fruit. A sweet kriek
like this one is great as either a starter or a dessert, and
comes with the side-effect of impressing that table of
rubberneckers watching you drink a glass full of deep
ruby-red deliciousness.
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On Draught
Cider
Not beer, but still nice
Market Price
Hard to believe that as recently as 2008, Ontario had only
one craft cidery. Now there’s over 20. The popularity of
apple cider has exploded in recent years, and it’s not all
just because of the gluten-free movement. In Ontario, it’s
because we make a damn fine apple, thanks to our
amazing soil and miserable winters. It’s estimated that by
2018, 10% of all the apples grown in the province with
find their destiny in a cider. Come enjoy this burgeoning
industry with our curated selection of Ontario’s best.
Ontario Cider Rotational Tap
And...
Market Price
Now with twice the taps! Two! With so much happening in
the local beer scene, we had to open up our taps to take
in all the variety. Ask your server or check out the
chalkboards to see what’s pouring.
The Beers of the Moment
Quenching
Last call
Grab a bottle from our limited stock list
Aventinus Eisbock 2013 (Germany; 12% alc.).
- Tangy dried fruits, rum, port, banana and molasses.
De Ranke Saison de Dottignies (BE; 5.5% alc.)l
- A farmhouse ale brewed with lots of whole leaf hops.
DeuS 2012 (Belgium/France; 11.5% alc.).l
- The champagne/beer hybrid. Perfect for celebrating.
Freigeist Hoppeditz (Germany; 7.5% alc.).
- Almost savoury, a historical style of dark lagered ale.
Stillwater Cellar Door (Connecticut; 7.4% alc.).
- A hoppy wheat beer finished with white sage.
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The Bottle List
Softly spicy and fruity German- and Belgian-style wheat
beers
Cheval Blanc
Style: Witbier
Les Brasseurs RJ took home two of Canada’s seven
medals at the 2014 World Beer Cup, considered the
Olympics of beer by people who don’t consider
competitive chugging to be the Olympics of beer. This
Belgian style wheat beer took silver, beating out 60 other
entries from around the world. Brewed with orange zest
and coriander, Cheval Blanc is milder and lighter than
many of the style, making for a lean, fruity, fresh and
clean patio refresher.
Hacker-Pschorr Hefe Weisse
Style: Hefeweizen
The most popular beer from this brewery located in the
centre of Munich is a mild rendition of the classic
Bavarian wheat beer. Medium dry with a light citrusy
character, also along for the ride are the signature
banana and clove notes that exemplify the style.
Schneider Weisse
Style: Hefeweizen
The fact that the original Bavarian weisse is darker and
spicier than most is testament to the fact that its recipe
has remained unchanged for more than a century. Look
for notes of clove and black pepper, supported by a soft
fruitiness and a satisfying character.
Crisp
Dry, refreshing lagers and ales ranging from softly bitter
to appetizingly hoppy
Czechvar
Czech Republic, 5% alc./vol.
Style: Czech pilsner
Even though this Czech lager is known through the rest
of the world as Busweiser Budvar, please, please, please
don’t think for a moment that it has anything to do with
American Bud. This is a pilsner that can easily beat
Budweiser into submission—with solid, clean malt and
hop flavours making for a refreshing beer that actually
tastes like a beer.
In the Bottle or Can
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Crisp
Dry, refreshing lagers and ales ranging from softly bitter
to appetizingly hoppy
Collective Arts Saint of Circumstance
Style: Golden ale
This new outfit from Burlington has yet to have their own
brewing facilities, but that hasn’t stopped them from
making a big impact on the Ontario beer scene. In fact,
they’ve become so popular so quickly that they’ve had to
rent time at three breweries (one of which had to add
extra tanks in their parking lot) just to keep up with
demand. This is a light and spritzy blond ale that’s been
infused with the zest of seasonal citrus fruits. The lemon
and lime flavours are perfect for folks that like a wedge
squeezed into their beer, or really for anyone who
enjoys that perfect moment in time cooling down on a
patio.
Singha Lager
Thailand, 5% alc./vol.
Style: Premium Lager
Bangkok is hot. And wet. I mean come on, the entire city
exists on converted swampland. And when it’s this hot
and wet, a person’s choice of beer is going to be as
uncomplicated as possible. For maximum refreshment,
the brewers of Thailand’s most successful beer have
kept the malt and hop profile to a minimum, leaving the
lightest spice note in the body just to remind you that
you’re still drinking a beer.
Stiegl Pils
Austria, 4.9% alc./vol.
Style: German pilsner
A 500-year long brewing tradition has resulted in a fine,
golden lager with a spicy bouquet produced by
Bohemian Saaz hops. If you’re looking for a new beer
but fiercely dedicated to familiar flavours, you can’t go
wrong with
this one.
Zywiec
Poland, 5.3% alc./vol.
Not only a fantastic scrabble word, Zywiec is also one of
the most popular native beers in Poland, and easily the
most recognizable Polish brand in Canada. And if you
don't speak Polish, chances are you're pronouncing it
wrong. So say "je-vi-ets" when you're looking for a blond
lager that's slightly sweet on the nose with a
straightforward, uncomplicated palate.
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Appetizing
Ales with a varying balance between tart and sweet,
with fruitiness and mouth-wateringly dry malt
Bockor Cuvée des Jacobins Rouge
Rather than adding a carefully-selected pure strain of
laboratory yeast, this brightly sour red ale is fermented
by exposing the batch overnight to the native airborne
flora outside this west Flemish brewery. As such, it’s
produced like a lambic, but marketed as a Flemish sour
ale probably only due to geography. In the end, who
cares, because the cuvée is a delectably sour and not
overly aggressive addition to our “Appetizing” category.
It drinks with a whiff of Welch’s and tart cranberries,
and is less oaky than the others of the style.
Le Trou du Diable L’Ours
Style: Sour ale
“The Bear” is a blended beer, comprised of 20% sour
rye ale aged on Banyul barrels for two years, and 80%
young farmhouse saison. The upshot of this smooshing
of styles is that it has made for a lively and fresh sour
ale. There is the unmistakable Brettanomyces
mustiness in the nose alongside a cider vinegar aroma,
which then opens up to a lovely layering of flavours.
Banyul ageing gives it winey characteristics, enhancing
the tart fruity edge of purposeful souring, while both the
saison and rye add cereal notes. The finish is dry,
peppery and refreshing.
VanderGhinste Oud Bruin
Style: Flemish brown ale
If you’re a fan of Duchesse de Bourgogne, you’ve likely
been lamenting its absence ever since you helped
obliterate our stock of it in 2014. Well, here’s
something that just might make you forget that old sour
inbred. The Omer Vander Ghinste Brewery’s
interpretation of this ancient style is a blend of two
different beers: 35% is their barrel-aged lambic, Cuvée
des Jacobins, while the remainder is a caramel-maltforward brown ale. What you get from that mix is a
beer not as intensely mouth-puckering as a true
lambic, with a sweet, fruity tang and lightly sour
background
Sociable
Ales and lagers with moderate strength, medium body
and near-perfect balance
Anchor Steam Beer
Style: California Common
The secret of this classic Californian brew is a hybrid
fermentation that combines a lager yeast with ale-type
conditions, yielding a deliciously complex beer with
both the round fruitiness of an ale and the appetizing
crispness of a lager.
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Sociable
Black Oak Nut Brown Ale
Style: Brown ale
Black Oak recently moved from Oakville to Etobicoke,
but since no one wanted to drink a beer called “Black
Coke”, they kept the old name. All that really matters to
us is that they’ve been able to adapt their new brewing
facilities to replicate their Nut Brown Ale, the multiple
award-winning beer that put them on the map a scant
ten years ago. This is a great beer for pairing with
hamburger and other grilled meats, with a solid nutty
maltiness that stays away from the sweet side.
Erdinger Weissbier Dunkel
Style: Dunkelweizen
Can a drink so dark really be refreshing? When it's a
dunkel weiss, you bet it can. Erdinger's dark wheat
beer drinks with a wisp of roasty caramel sweetness
backed by a soft fruitiness that finishes clean and
smooth.
Hobgoblin
Style: English Brown Ale
Funny name aside, this is one serious ale. Expect
fragrant currant notes on the nose and a full, rich and
chocolaty-fruity body. A touch of dryness on the finish
makes this a fine ale to complement stews and braised
meats.
Innis & Gunn Oak Aged Beer
Scotland, 6.6% alc./vol.
Style: English strong ale
This beer was born through one of the best accidents
ever. To create a unique whiskey, virgin oak barrels
were filled with beer so the wood could soak up all the
malt and hop flavours. Once the beer was discarded,
the casks were filled with whiskey and aged. Turns out
the workers responsible for emptying the casks were
drinking the beer themselves and liking it a whole lot.
As a result, the whiskey was forgotten, and Innis &
Gunn has been brewing beer like this ever since. The
oak, and further aging on stainless steel gives the ale a
smooth blend of vanilla, citrus, woody malt and tropical
fruits.
Left Field Eephus Oatmeal Brown Ale
Style: American brown ale
The launch of Left Field Brewery just might have been
the only thing that went right for Toronto baseball in
2013. And this, their first readily-available release,
impressed us so much that we thought we’d try out a
whole season of Eephus now that it's available in the
can. A solid, nutty, leathery and roasted malt aroma
lets you know what it’s going to taste like, with an
added layer of light brown sugar that dries out with a
mild bitterness at the end.
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Sociable
Köstritzer Schwarzbier
Style: Schwarzbier
Köstritzer brewery was founded way back in 1543, and it
isn’t even considered one of the older breweries in
Germany. It is, however, one of the oldest producers of
schwarzbier, a style that a lot of beer newbies have
trouble wrapping their noodles around. That’s because it
pours out pitch black, but doesn’t drink at all like a
big-bodied stout or porter. Part of the reason is because
it’s a lager, not an ale, and so carries a
style-defining crispness of character. The dominant
flavours are a mild roastiness and a drying cherry edge.
Samuel Adams Boston Lager
Massachusetts, 4.8% alc./vol.
Since the 2008 takeover of Anheuser-Busch by InBev,
The Boston Beer Company has become the single
largest American-owned brewery, and Samuel Adam’s
Boston Lager is their flagship beer. This is something of
a coup, because for the first time in modern history, the
best selling 100% American beer is actually something
that doesn’t make you want to kill yourself. With just a
wisp of fresh floral hop aromas, this premium lager
carries moderately bitter and light caramel flavours.
Side Launch Dark Lager
Style: Dunkel
The brewery formerly known as Denison’s started from
humble beginnings right around the corner to produce
two of the most highly regarded beers in the world. This
dunkel, rebranded and produced at Side Launch’s shiny
new digs in Collingwood, is one of them. Dunkels are
German-style dark lagers, and Denison’s is a prime
example with rich malt aromas and a clean palate
carrying notes of nuts and cocoa.
St. Peter’s English Ale
Style: English ale
So many folks ask us for organic beers that we had to
find one of the best to pour at the restaurant. Made
entirely of organic malt and hops, deep well water and
St. Peter’s proprietary strain of yeast, this beer is mild,
woody, and easy-drinking as hell.
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Satisfying
Ales, porters and stouts with gentle bitterness and
chocolaty or roasty character
Dieu du Ciel! Aphrodite
Québec, 6.5% alc./vol.
Style: Flavoured stout
Lots of brewers like to add chocolate to their stouts, but
when Dieu du Ciel! brought out this vanilla and cocoaflavoured Canadian masterpiece, those same brewers
spent many nights crying themselves to sleep. “Why
didn’t we think of this?” they whimpered to their
mothers. “Don’t worry honey,” she replied while taking a
slow sip of silken and roasty vanilla goodness, “I still
love you.” But the brewers looked deep into their
mothers’ eyes, and knew she was lying.
Guinness
Ireland, 4.2% alc./vol.
Style: Stout
The world's most famous stout might no longer have
quite the same tart edge that once made it so purely dry
and appetizing, but it's still a fine pint of the black.
Mill Street Coffee Porter
Style: Porter
Wake up! Mill Street Brewery takes the coffee taste of a
robust porter one step further by flavouring theirs with
actual coffee beans from our Distillery District’s Balzac's
Coffee Roastery. The result is a delicate melding of
coffee and beer with notes of chocolate and raisin.
Muskoka Winter Beard Double
Chocolate Cranberry Stout
Two years ago, Muskoka Brewery gave us the gift of
Christmas in the form of their Imperial Stout flavoured
with 70% dark chocolate, cocoa and fresh cranberries.
What they didn’t tell us is that they saved quite a lot of it
for themselves and cellared it in house for 14 months.
Well now we know, and they’ve done it again for us this
year. Through ageing, The chocolate and cranberries
have moved in next door to each other for a more
rounded experience, rather than the
‘first-cranberry-next-chocolate’ taste profile found in the
younger version. Muskoka’s successful experiment in
cellaring is again proof that this is a brewery that
continues to dare others in Ontario to do better.
Young's Double Chocolate Stout
Chocolate and stouts go together like, well, chocolate
and stouts. So it comes as little surprise that this
offering from one of England’s most prolific breweries
presents a hedonistic combination of flavours. Not
overly sweet, the melding of real dark chocolate,
chocolate essence and the dark-roasted barley malt
(not coincidentally) also known as chocolate creates
here an easy-drinking excuse to enjoy chocolate with
dinner. Chocolate.
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Hopped-out ales with a moderate to full bitterness and a
naturally fruity character
Anchor Liberty Ale
Oftentimes, someone will come around the bar and
bellow “How can you call yourselves beerbistro if you
don’t even carry [insert name of any beer that you can
find in every single other bar in the city]?” We can let that
slide. But when someone asks why the hell we aren’t
carrying the very first post-prohibition IPA that sparked a
brewing revolution without which we wouldn’t even exist,
you bet your bony old behind we take notice. We’re
proud to bring back to our shelves this benchmark IPA,
brewed with 100% whole leaf Cascade hops just the way
grandma used to brew.
Black Oak Break of Dusk
Style: Black pale ale
A limited release from Etobicoke’s own Black Oak
Brewery is this paradoxically-styled black pale ale. While
it pours out looking like a porter, it carries with it all the
bright hop aromas and bitterness of a west-coast pale.
Add to that the charred astringency of roasted malts, and
you get a remarkably flavourful lower-alcohol offering.
Cameron's Rye Pale Ale
Local brewery Cameron’s made a huge splash in 2011
when they released their “Rye.P.A” at the Bar Volo IPA
challenge. The following year it went on to take gold at
the Ontario brewing awards, and then silver at the
Nationals. This means that it’s really good. Dry hopped
for fresh aromas, this beer drinks like a hybrid between a
British and an American IPA with a good helping of rye
for a peppery hit that sets it apart from the rest.
Central City Red Racer IPA
British Columbia, 6.5% alc./vol.
The American IPA claims its roots in 1975s San
Francisco, and from there it grew like the best plague
ever to eventually take over the USA. To the north,
Canadians could only stay immune for so long, really
only getting into the game some 25 years later. In the Ijust-made-this-up category of classic Canadian IPAs,
Central City’s stands out as one of the first in our country
to get it right. Four different breeds of hop provide
flavours of grapefruit pith and peach, with a long
bittersweet finish that doesn’t threaten to completely
obliterate your tastebuds.
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Collective Arts Rhyme & Reason
Bordering somewhere between an IPA and a pale ale,
Rhyme & Reason has already made a big impact in its
short existence, earning Collective Arts the title of Best
New Brewery in Ontario by Ratebeer.com. It pours out
like the palest of pale ales, and is bright and lemony with
a good burst of bitterness that won’t resurface your soft
palate like some hoppy beers tend to do. You’re fully
going to want a second pint right after the first, and at
5.7%, it’s just on the right side of the edge of
sessionability for you to justify it.
De la Senne Taras Boulba
Style: Belgian pale ale
When a few of us took a trip to Belgium, this was the
session beer. The name comes from a Nikolai Gogol
story of a forbidden love affair between a couple from
rival houses. The name fits, because Taras Boulba
drinks like an ancient grudge breaking to new mutiny. On
one side, there are the spicy, fruity notes that only
Belgian yeasts can provide. On the other, you have a full
hop bitterness that’s historically been shunned
throughout Belgium. And from forth the fatal loins of
these two foes has sprung a torrid romance of a beer
unlike any other.
Dieu du Ciel! Disco Soleil
Style: Fruit beer
It was only a matter of time before someone brewed an
IPA with kumquats, so it’s hardly surprising that the party
responsible would be the weirdos over at Dieu du Ciel.
Otherwise known as the tiniest orange you’ve ever seen,
the kumquat tastes more like a cross between a
mandarin and a lime, which here serves to bolster the
citrus elements already present in the style.
Dieu du Ciel! Moralité
Montreal brewpub Dieu du Ciel! doesn’t do anything half
assed. They use their whole ass. And this time they
added even more ass in the form of The Alchemist
Brewery out of Vermont. You may recognize The
Alchemist as the folks behind Heady Topper, the bucketlist double IPA that made them famous. Here these two
craft breweries have developed an unfiltered IPA that
pours out bright in the glass, almost announcing its fresh
accents of pineapple and lemon, with the sharp, resinous
hop bitterness that The Alchemist has apparently
mastered.
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Fullers ESB
Style: Extra special bitter
The brand for which the style is named, this perennial
Campaign for Real Ale award-winner has been
described as a “beer for Bacchanalia”. Apparently that
means it’s good for getting your drunk on. With a robust
maltiness balanced by plenty of spicy hop character, it’s
a great beer for cooler nights on the patio.
Goose Island Goose IPA
Illinois/Québec, 5.9% alc./vol.
Style: English India pale ale
It’s hard to fault Chicago’s Goose Island for going
corporate. If Anheuser-Busch handed you a sack filled
with $40 mil, you’d probably do the same. To
Budweiser’s credit, they’ve done a pretty bang-up job of
keeping the craft beer flavour in what is decidedly not a
craft beer company anymore. No better is this
exemplified in their IPA, which does the European roots
of the style proud. Rather than just a bitter hop assault,
it’s spicy and toasty with a drying effect that keeps the
hops alive on your palate long after each swallow.
Great Lakes THRUST! An IPA
The Canadian Brewing Awards’ gold medal winner of
2014 is proof that Etobicoke’s Great Lakes Brewery is
angling to be crowned the king of hops in not just
Ontario, but maybe the entire country. THRUST is
another winner to emerge from the brewery’s fabled
Tank #10, the fertile loins from which also burst out the
amazing IPAs known as Robohop and Karma Citra. This
one pours out beautifully cloudy and resinous, and has
profoundly fruity tones of melon, lychee and orange peel.
New Holland Michigan Awesome Hatter
Michigan, 5.8% alc./vol.
“Michigan Awesome” is a movement borne from
statewide pride to highlight the best the mitten-shaped
state has to offer. Focusing entirely on locally-sourced
ingredients, New Holland brewery has created a brother
to their famous Mad Hatter IPA. Leelanu Penninsula
Centennial hops and Michigan-grown 2-row barley are
the only solid ingredients before fermentation here, and
that makes for a straightforward and unpretentious IPA,
just the way the Great Lake state likes it.
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New Holland Rye Hatter
Michigan, 6.1% alc./vol.
Rye pale ales have become increasingly popular as of
late, probably because the addition of this grain gives a
peppery kick that suits the hoppiness of the beer. New
Holland’s version has that spiciness upfront with an
added dose of toasted pumpernickel and juicy citrus.
Nickel Brook Headstock IPA
Unofficial winner of the Ontario Comeback of the Decade
Award is Nickel Brook Brewing, who saw fit in 2010 to
hire brewer Ryan Morrow, responsible for producing a
string of winners ever since. One of his first creations
was Headstock IPA. Nugget hops offer a sustained
bitterness along with wood and grassy elements that
dominate over a modest citrus background.
Nickel Brook Naughty Neighbour
Brewed, named and labelled to celebrate the craft
brewing revolution emanating from the USA, Naughty
Neighbour is an American style pale ale in every respect.
Easily a beer that somebody could drink several times a
day, the fresh orange and grain notes might make you
feel that it’s actually good for you. True to style, the hop
bitterness is just present enough to let you know it’s
there, but not so strong that it rips the enamel off your
teeth.
Thiriez Étoile du Nord
France, 5.5% alc./vol.
Style: Farmhouse ale
Despite all the wine, there is a thriving craft brewing
movement in France. And of the breweries to make a
worldwide impact, Thiriez is near the top. The “North
Star” is something of a hybrid style—brewed in
collaboration with an English brewery—making full use of
Kentish Bramling Cross hops for its unique flavour. This
is not a beer for the faint of heart. Within its bitter
structure are notes of hay, manure and wet dog; making
it closer to the hoppy saisons of yore than what we
accept from the style today. Included in its flavour profile
are minerally notes and just a dash of fruit.
Our beer cellar is filled
with some of the most
unique vintages around.
Check it out on page 33
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Aventinus
Germany, 8% alc./vol.
Style: Weizenbock
Officially rebranded as Schneider Weisse Tap6 Unser
Aventinus, we’re just going to go ahead and keep calling
it Aventinus, if for no other reason than to save on printer
ink. This, the first weizenbock ever created has remained
relatively unchanged since 1907. This is all the more
impressive when you discover that the beer just won
gold at the 2014 World Beer Cup. Proof that wheat beers
can be just as big-bodied and complex as the other guys,
the rich and lively accents of ripe banana, plum and
liquorice are what have made this gorgeous beer
dominate for over a century.
Chimay Première
Style: Dubbel (Trappist)
The flagship ale of the world's most famous
Trappist monastery brewery, the beer also known as
Chimay Red sports an assertive spiciness and notes of
plummy fruit in the body. A natural for sharing at dinner.
Dragon Stout
Jamaica, 7.5% alc./vol.
Style: Foreign Stout
When the Irish brought stout to the Caribbean, they
fermented their ale to higher strengths to preserve it over
the long sea voyage. The style caught on, and even
though most are now lager fermented, island stouts like
this one from the makers of Red Stripe remain sweet and
strong.
Kwak
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Belgians have a fairly relaxed take in regards to drinking
on the job, and there is no better evidence for this than
Kwak. This traditional strong ale was once a favorite
among coach drivers, who drank it so regularly that
special glassware was designed to be hitched to the side
of the cab, keeping the beer in constant reach. We serve
Kwak in its idiosyncratic glass—just the beginning of an
experience that is deliciously mellow, very fruit-forward
(think plum and caramelized banana) with the softest
touch of bitterness at the end.
Rochefort 6
Style: Belgian strong ale (Trappist)
Perhaps the most closed of all the Trappist monasteries,
Rochefort has loosened the reins of secrecy a bit over
the last decade leading to much greater availability of
their beers. But of the beers they produce, the 6
represents a mere 1% of their entire output, making it
one of the rarest monastic ales around. It has a soft body
with a perfumey, sweetish and herbal palate.
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Rochefort 8
Style: Belgian Strong Ale (Trappist)
The Abbaye Notre-Dame de Saint-Rémy is more
informally known among beer aficionados as Rochefort,
the name of both the nearby town and the beers it
produces. The 8 is a masterpiece of malty complexity,
and perhaps the finest beer you will ever find to enjoy
with dark chocolate.
Sinha Stout
Sri Lanka, 8.8% alc./vol.
Style: Foreign Stout
Since its discovery by beer writer Michael Jackson, this
rich, slightly peppery brew normally sold under the “Lion
Stout” label has become a minor world classic. Expect
notes of bitter chocolate and espresso in what is perhaps
Sri Lanka’s finest ale.
St. Paul Double
Style: Dubbel
From the day we first opened in November 2003, St.
Paul double has been a fixture on our shelves. Largely
ignored in those early years, this gently malty and super
smooth brown ale has turned out to be the hidden gem
on our roster, slowly emerging as one of the most
popular beers we carry. It’s the Munenori Kawasaki of
beers. Is it the (now retired) candlestick-shaped bottle?
Is it the lack of a viable alternative? Or is it just excellent
on its own as well as a pairing for a wide swathe of menu
items? Have one and decide for yourself.
Traquair House Ale
Scotland, 6.9% alc./vol.
Style: Scotch ale
Traquair House was once famed as a refuge for the
Jacobites, and some centuries after that that,
somewhat less famed as a brewery, which was the
stylish thing to have in your big house with servants in
early 1700s Scotland. By the time the 1800s rolled
around though, the brewery had closed. A century and a
half later it was rediscovered, intact, during renovations.
So the family revived their old recipes and started
brewing again. Now their Scotch Ale is heralded as one
of the better ones around, with a nutty and earthy
character that lies more heavily on the caramelly malt
side of things.
Trois Pistoles
Another of Unibroue's big, Belgium-inspired ales is this
mahogany beauty. Prepare yourself for heavy doses of
chocolate, black plum and liquorice palate with a
coriander spiciness on the nose. Rich and very robust.
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Vander Ghinste Brasserie LeFort
Lovingly named after a long-defunct brewery owned by
the Great Grandfather of Omer Vander Ghinste,
Brasserie LeFort is itself a revival of the beer first
produced by Felix Verscheure in 1854. Suprisingly light
for an 8.5% abv dark beer, it has a candy sweetness
punctuated with caramel, chocolate and dark cherries.
Finishing lively and spicy, it’s kind of like the most adult
version of Dr. Pepper ever.
Westmalle Dubbel
Style: Dubbel (Trappist)
The beer for which the style is named, this dark ale
offers some cocoa notes along with hints of caramel and
subtle fruit, but leaves an overall dry impression despite
its malty profile. Most dubbels beg for a food
accompaniment, but the Westmalle is a treat all on its
own.
Smoky
Ales and lagers with flavours ranging from a wisp of
smoke to a roaring campfire
Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier
Style: Smoked Beer
If there were ever a beer that could divide households,
this is the one. Some folks love the fact that its intense
aroma and taste give it an unmistakable flavour of a big
ol’ smoked ham, while others feel like some desperate
accountant salvaged a batch after the brewery burned to
the ground. The barley malt used in this lager is smoked
over a beechwood fire prior to brewing, and that’s the
dominant taste throughout. Try it and see if you’re a fan
or a foe.
Freigeist Abraxxxas
Germany, 6% alc./vol.
Style: Lichtenhainer weisse
Freigeist Brewery has taken it upon themselves to revive
long-neglected historical styles of German beer, and
none may be so rare or unique as the Lichtenhainer
weisse. So named after the central-German town where
it first gained popularity, the style can be seen as a
hybrid between two other obscure German beers: the
Berliner weisse and the Gräzter. Well, what the hell does
that mean? It means this beer is at once sour and
smoky, and truly may be one of the most strangely
satisfying beer experiences of your life. Think of a
cheese plate with luscious smoked cheddars and exotic
compotes, and you’ll have an inkling as to what to expect
in a glass of this tart wheat beer.
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Well-rounded ales with a natural spiciness either from
fermentation or a spice addition, or both
Brigand Belgian Ale
Style: Belgian golden strong ale
The medieval archer on the label looks like he should
be spray-painted on the side of a van, so feel free to
drink this beer with as much hipster cred as you can
possibly muster. It has a flavour and strength that gives
one of our most popular beers—Delirium Tremens—a
run for its money. Blonde, slightly sweet, with
background notes of cherry and bubblegum, Enjoy this
beer after a long day of pillaging, plundering, and
pruning the hedges of many small villages.
Chimay White
The only ale from the Chimay Trappist monastery
brewery with a pronounced hoppiness, this dry-ish,
faintly peppery ale has a full palate and dry, modestly
bitter finish.
De la Senne Zinnebir
Style: Belgian ale
Loosely translating to ‘Little Bastard Beer’, this offering
from De la Senne drinks somewhere between a pale
ale and a saison. What that means is that it has a lively
yeast backbone of earthen nutty pepper, a body of
apple and pear, and a finish of fresh hop bitterness. A
standout in the relatively new field of hoppy Belgian
blondes, Zinnebir is a good start to a long day of
drinking.
Delirium Tremens
Some years back, we took a trip to Belgium to convince
Huyghe Brewery to export draught Delirium Tremens to
Canada. It started coming in, and now the pink elephant
tap handle is a common sight all over Toronto. But we
learned something in the process: this potent golden ale
is simply better in the bottle. When bottle conditioned,
the extra yeasts contribute to a more refined, smooth
and lightly fruitier beer than the more assertive draught
version. So we’ve gone through the trouble to privately
order these bottles, which you won’t find anywhere else
in the city.
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Duvel
Best served with a large, fluffy head in an enormous
glass, Duvel is a Belgian classic of the first order. Using
the same yeast strain that’s been living at the brewery for
about a century, one of the only things that hasn’t
changed there in a hundred years is the recipe. Duvel
Moortgat is now one of the largest brewing groups in the
world, and much of its success is due to this bad boy
right here. Crisp, clean and aromatic with a ridiculous
drinkability considering its enormous alcohol content,
you’ll understand why this beer is called “the devil” by the
time you finish your glass.
La Fin du Monde
l
Style: Tripel
So it turns out that the world didn't end in 2012 like the
Mayans said, which only means you've bought yourself
more time to drink this prize winning pepper-and-citrusy
kick to the head. Québec's Unibroue has long produced
many staff favorites over here, and Fin du Monde has
got to be near the top of the list for catching up after
work.
Le Trou du Diable La Buteuse
Style: Tripel
La Buteuse is named for the Jesuit missionary who
worked to convert the Native Canadians close to the
future site of this brewery. And since his attempts were
met with a chest full of bullets and a tomahawk to the
head, it’s no wonder that the beer which carries his name
is a full on kick to the noodle. One of the highest alcohol
content tripels we’ve ever carried, it’s a rich and peppery
amber beer with a surprisingly fresh cereal body.
Mikkeller Texas Ranger
Denmark, 6.6% alc./vol.
Style: Chipotle porter
How many times have we been asked the question:
“How hot are your spicy beers?” to have to reply that
well, spicy doesn’t actually mean spicy spicy, but rather
spicy in the way that Carmen Miranda is spicy. Never.
That has actually never happened. It’s all moot anyway,
because here on our menu for the first time is a beer
actually made with hot peppers. And this one doesn’t
drink like a dare from your older brother (I never forget,
James). It’s actually much more fun. A black porter
provides an excellent base for the addition of chipotle
peppers, which heightens the smoky dark chocolate to
an otherworldly experience.
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Orval 2011
Style: Belgian strong ale (Trappist)
Brewed by the Trappist monks of l’Abbaye Notre-Dame
d’Orval, this earthy ale cellers in such a complex fashion
that it is a point of pride across Belgium to serve multiple
bottlings to accommodate everyone’s different tastes.
While we have some other vintages kicking around in
our cellar, we wanted to feature this particular one on the
main menu. As a rule, all the vintages are lively and
complex, with true farmhouse character, light fruit,
acidity and a delicate whiff of horse-blanket. But, as they
age they go through a rollercoaster of changes, best
described with the following diagram:
(fig. 1: both Orval and I have too much time on our hands)
The 2011 is big on the funk, with notes of cheese, earth
and soap. And if that sounds good to you, you’re my kind
of beer drinker.
Stillwater Stateside Saison
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Connecticut, 6.8% alc./vol.
Style: Saison
It’s a real pleasure to be able to offer beers from one of
the most noted of travelling breweries, now that it’s
seemingly grown semi-permanent roots at Connecticut’s
Two Roads. In the short time that Stillwater Artisinal has
been on the planet, their steadily increasing range of
farmhouse-style beers has launched them to the top tier
of American craft brewers. And of those beers, Stateside
Saison has got to be the most popular. Doughy, tangy
and jumping with pepper and herbs, it has a lemony
effervescence with a lingering earthy finish.
Tripel Karmeliet
Style: Tripel
From the makers of the champagne/beer hybrid DeuS
comes another ingenious concoction: a strong golden ale
brewed with wheat, oats and barley. The complexity of
this brew’s aroma is apparent in the amazing way that
everyone seems to smell something different leaping
from the glass. Try it out to see what you can find; and
then be rewarded with a taste that’s herbal and spicy.
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Urthel Hop-It
This is the inevitable result when a Belgian brewer goes
to America and becomes addicted to the hoppy, bitter
beers of the United States. Urthel Hop-It could be
described as a hybrid between the blond, sweetly fruity
golden ales of Belgium and the fresh and bitter IPAs of
the New World. While the flavour is decidedly on the
Belgian side, what makes this beer unique is what’s
layered on top: a vibrant floral aroma and lasting bitter
finish.
Wild Beer Ninkasi
England, 9% alc./vol.
Style: Saison
When you have a friend that describes themselves as
“weird” or “wild” or something like that, they usually
aren’t. More often than not, they’re kind of a pain in the
ass. So it was with a raised eyebrow that we tried Wild
Beer Ninkasi. Well, the name works. And it’s mostly
because “wild” also refers to this brewery’s dedication to
harvesting native yeasts and seeing what kind of beers
they produce. Ninkasi is so much of a champagne/beer
hybrid that the brewery recommends serving it in a fluted
glass. A saison brewed with 10% apple juice, it’s
fermented with a wild-harvested yeast strain and finished
with a champagne yeast to create a deliciously dry,
effervescent beer.
Westmalle Tripel
Trappist breweries like Westmalle originated the Belgian
custom of denoting the strength of their beers as enkel
(single), dubbel and tripel. The latter designation began
with this remarkably complex, warming and immensely
satisfying golden ale. The original and still the best.
Soothing
Potent ales with almost sinfully decadent
maltiness and profound depth of flavour
Achel Extra Bruin
Style: Abt/Quadrupel (Trappist)
When Achel Extra first hit the scene about ten years ago,
Trappist monks everywhere retreated to a renewed life of
solemn contemplation, having just been righteously
schooled by the monks of Achel brewery. And when
Achel Extra first hit our shelves about ten years ago, it
stunned us with its multilayered complexity of rich malt,
chocolate, raisins and spices. And then as suddenly as it
appeared, it was all gone. Mostly drank by the staff here.
Well now it’s finally back after some worthless non-Achel
Extra years, and maybe if you can rip it out of a
bartender’s hands, you can have some too.
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Chimay Blue
This is the strongest and maltiest ale from the Trappist
monastery brewery, Abbaye de Notre-Dame de
Scourmont. Roundly spicy and winy in character, it's an
after-dinner treat that also pairs nicely with chocolate.
(Also available in vintage 1.5 Litre Magnums: $60)
Dieu du Ciel! Péché Mortel
Style: Imperial stout
Canadian beer drinkers have long considered Montréal’s
Dieu du Ciel! brewpub as the single most important pit
stop as they stumble about the country. So how lucky
are you now that you can get some of their beers in
Toronto? Not only is ‘Mortal Sin’ not for the faint of heart,
but it’s also a death sentence for anyone with a coffee
allergy. Brewed with fair-trade beans, this opaque black
beer is brimming with roasted, toasted and all other kinds
of –oasted coffee flavours that lengthen with a slick
mouthfeel that then decides to continually dry out long
after the last sip is gone.
Engelszell Gregorius Trappistenbier
Style: Abt/Quadrupel (Trappist)
Beer and celibacy. For some of you, it’s a way of life. So
why not become a monk and at least give the
appearance that you’re doing it on purpose? Within this
decade alone, four Trappist monasteries have started
brewing beer, joining the seven others whose wares are
famous the world over. In 2012, the Stift Engelszell
monastery produced the first ever Austrian beer to be
labeled with the protected Authentic Trappist Product
logo, and Gregorious was the first bottle to roll off their
line. Gregorious represents a departure from tradition in
its ingredient list alone. Rather than candi sugar, organic
honey is used alongside an Alsacian wine yeast to
produce a sweet, darkly fruity ale with added punches of
roast and chocolate.
Kasteel Donker
Style: Abt/Quadrupel
Funny how a brewery known for some of the worst fruit
beers on the planet can still knock a strong ale out of the
park. The makers of the St. Louis line of fruit beers are to
be commended for this monastically-inspired mahogany
ale. Sweet and syrupy with a kick of grape juice and
rumballs, this is the proper way to do dessert in a glass.
The Donker also wins the prize for the longest absence
from our shelves before a comeback. It’s been 10 years
since we last got our hands on it!
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Les Trois Mousquetaires Grand Cuvée
Porter Baltique
Style: Baltic porter
This Baltic porter may have a ridiculous mouthful of a
name, but considering it’s equal to like 20 ridiculous
mouthfuls of beer, you’re looking at one of the best
exchange rates around. Baltic porters share much in
common with Imperial stouts, in that they were both
borne of a need to ship across the North Sea some
centuries ago. In order to make the journey from Britain
without freezing, the beer was brewed with a higher
alcohol content, which serendipitously made for a lot of
happy Latvians. That aside, this particular Baltic porter
has got to be one of the finest modern interpretations
around. It’s intensely complex with flavours of vanilla, fig,
caramel, port, tar, and, and, ah hell. Just try it. It tastes
like a lot of things. I’m drunk.
Mikkeller Monk’s Brew
Denmark, 10% alc./vol.
Back in Europe this beer is known as “Monk’s Elixir”, so
it’s only natural that importers to Ontario would be forced
to rename it, for fear that it doesn’t actually grant you
magical powers. And they say the Danes are weird. At
10% alc., this is just the kind of beer that fits perfectly in
Mikkeller’s wheelhouse, despite the entire absence of
bittering hops. Plummy, strong, sweet and slick, it’s
immediately apparent that this beer is inspired by the
pinnacle of Trappist brewing that is Westvleteren XII.
Smuttynose Imperial Stout
New Hampshire, 10% alc./vol.
Smuttynose is like the Jones Soda of beer, in that each
bottle is branded with something only vaguely related to
what’s inside, with pictures probably dug out of some
grandparent’s attic. Their Imperial stout has a picture of
an old nautical chart of Smuttynose Island, likely inspired
by a beer style that was originally intended for an ocean
voyage. And thank the stars that this beer has finally
travelled to Toronto. Rich with waves of burnt caramel,
dried fruits and oil-spill slickness, as it warms up in the
glass you can pull out all the hidden hop aromas that let
you know this is a big, American brew.
St. Bernardus Abt 12
This malt bomb has been consistently ranked as one of
the top beers in the world, and for good reason. It’s a
masterful mix of complexity that can shame even the
rarest of strong Trappist ales. Rumor is that this beer
makes use of a magical strain of yeast that once
fermented the elusive Westvleteren 12. Perhaps that's
the source for this beer's character of figs, spice, and
that tart part of a plum that's a hair's breadth from the
inner skin. Along for the ride is a dark, bready and boozy
experience capable of collapsing your soul upon itself.
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Soothing
X.O. Beer
France, 8% alc./vol.
Style: Fortified Lager
If the idea of cognac and beer blended together strikes
you as odd, you’re not alone. But incredibly, the
combination works in this inspired ale from the cognac
company L&L. Anyone who enjoys a good brandy after
dinner should be very pleased and satisfied with this
fruity, warming nightcap.
Fruity
Beers fermented or finished with real
fruits or fruit juices
Früli Strawberry
Style: Fruit Beer
This is our most popular fruit beer, and is also in the
running to be the most popular bottle that we’ve ever
carried. The reason is simple: strawberries and booze
work way better than oysters and Spanish fly.
Mort Subite Framboise
The unique sweet-tart raspberry complexity of Mort
Subite has converted scores of people here at the
restaurant who swore they’d never touch a beer, and
continues to please and surprise on a daily basis.
Pêche Mel Scaldis
Style: Fruit beer
For some reason, lots fruit beers we’ve found have been
pretty light on the alcohol side of things. Guess it took
the brewers of what was once Belgium’s strongest beer
to raise the bar. Pêche Mel was originally a local beer
cocktail made with equal parts of that 12% ale, Scaldis
Ambrée, and peach lambic. It got so popular that now
the brewery makes a version from scratch. Sweet and
strong, this is the dessert to have when you’re not having
dessert, and a beerbistro alternative to the after-dinner
liqueur. You can almost taste the fuzz.
Stiegl Radler Grapefruit
Style: Fruit beer
Before North Americans were drinking Shandies,
German-speaking parts of Europe were mixing
Radlers—beer blended with soda pop or lemonade. And
when Austrian brewer Stiegl started sending their
grapefruit juice-spiked lager over to Toronto, it quickly
hypnotized the cooler crowd into drinking a beer. Sweet
and fizzy with hardly a hint of its host beer, it’s only
second to the Caesar as the perfect brunchtime drink.
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Gluten-free
For those who can’t normally drink beer
BSG Glutenberg Pale Ale Américaine
Style: Specialty grain beer
With such a high demand for gluten-free beers, it’s
fantastic that finally someone is doing it right. That
someone is Brasseurs Sans Gluten, the Québécois
brewery that just swept the world beer cup in 2012,
taking home gold, silver and bronze in the gluten-free
category. Here is a beer that tastes like a beer, probably
because in place of barley, the brewers have developed
a complex and caring grain bill consisting of millet,
buckwheat, corn and quinoa. A big hop presence gives
Glutenberg the classic grapefruity bitter bite of an
American pale ale. Even if you love gluten you’re still
going to like this beer.
Lakefront New Grist
Wisconsin, 5.7% alc./vol.
Style: Specialty grain beer
You may be gluten intolerant, but we understand. It’s not
like gluten used to beat you up when you were a kid—
the two of you just don’t get along. But before you curse
your pals for dragging you to a place called ‘beerbistro’,
just order one of these and hoist up a glass. Brewed
entirely with sorghum and rice, New Grist drinks with
light sweet notes of green apple and grain.
Cider
Not beer, but still nice
Spirit Tree Draught Cider
Style: Apple cider
Spirit Tree has been producing ciders for only a few
years now, but they’re already a multiple award-winning
cidery. Formerly known as their Pub Style Cider, their
flagship product was a welcome change to the Ontario
scene that had for too long been dominated by cloyinglysweet hard apple juices. Spirit Tree is not only dryer with
delectable acidic notes, but it also carries farmhouse
flavours of hay, cork and wood.
Alcohol-free
What.
Erdinger Weissbier Alkoholfrei
So it’s come to this. For reasons we don’t need to
discuss, you want an alcohol-free beer. Well we’ve got
your back. This half-millennium-old brewery has gone all
science on us and figured out how to take the alcohol out
of a beer while still leaving the beer part behind. It’s light,
drinks with touches of white bread and agave nectar, and
is a hell of a lot better for you than Gatorade, so feel free
to tank up with this before the big volleyball game.
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Beer cellar
Rare, unusual, and carefully aged beers
Barleywines
Complex ales of high alcohol content, vinous
character and concentrated flavours.
Bitterness can be non-existent to
earth-shattering, and many barleywines evolve
as they age to create even more complexity.
Brooklyn Monster Ale
2010: 10.1% alc./vol.
2008: 10.3% alc./vol.
This lively barley wine brewed under the watchful eye of
master brewer and beer author Garret Oliver is an
accomplishment to be savored with every sip. A
complex nose of toffee and citrus announces the arrival
on the palate of a medium-bodied, warm and leafy hop
body that stays on the sweeter side and finishes milder
than its high alcohol content would suggest. We’ve
opened up our cellars to bring out some older vintages,
so you can see how the hops mellow out as the beer
ages. Try a couple side-by-side.
New York
Renaissance Tribute Barley Wine 2012
New Zealand, 10.8% alc./vol.
This supersmooth barley wine is a great way to finish a
night. Save all your ports and grappas for a restaurant
that doesn’t have the word “beer” in its name. This is the
stuff. Sweet and replete with notes of honey and figs,
Renaissance Brewing has proved again that the New
Zealand beer scene is filled with amazing strong stuff if
you know where to look.
Thomas Hardy’s Ale 2006
Thomas Hardy’s is a world-renowned barleywine
treasured for its depth of character and unrivalled
capacity for ageing. Most agree that it’s only at its best
after several years of proper cellaring, and after
three-quarters of a decade in our basement, it’s already
starting to astonish. The 2006 carries a potent nose of
soy and stewed stone fruit, giving way to a vinous,
sweet and savoury body of plums, chocolate and warm
alcohol heat. Who would have thought back in 2006
that this abomination of a beer with a clown-car full of
angry flavours would morph into one of the best bottles
on our list?
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Beer cellar
Other rare finds
Framboise Boon 2012
A full 25% of the volume of this refreshingly sour beer
was once fresh, whole raspberries. Added to young
lambic produced in the town for which the style is named
(Lembeek, Belgium), the berries help spark a
fermentation that eventually consumes almost the entire
fruit. Blended with old, tart lambic, the final product pours
out like a glass of garnet and tastes like a bright cascade
of the mostly sour, slightly sweet and then faintly bitter
aspects of raspberry.
Omnipollo Hypnopompa Marshmallow
Stout Bourbon Barrel Ed.
Sweden, 11% alc./vol.
Brewed with 100 lbs. of marshmallows and Tahitian
vanilla beans the size of cigars, this is an imperial stout
unlike any other to ever grace our menu. Hovering
somewhere between the definition of “beer” and “sauce”,
it’s been intentionally brewed with low carbonation for a
slippery oilslick of a mouthfeel. Beyond that first
impression is a sweet, creamy, caramel & bourbon
sensation that still carries hunks of roasted malt and
wood with a biting boozy finish. Incredibly rare, only 1000
cases exist the world over.
Gouden Carolus Cuvée Van de Keizer
Blauw 2014
Considered one of the finest beers in the world by not
just the faceless crowds of critics that get paid to drink
and judge, but also by a couple of people that work here
who actually do have faces. This big corked bottle is
simply a masterpiece of brewing. So wine-like that some
of your amateur sommelier pals might not believe that
there isn’t a single grape in the entire sweet, rich, and
lovingly complex batch. Seriously, some folks have no
problem plunking down three times as much for a bottle
of moderately crappy wine. How about this: save your
money for Christmas presents and enjoy a wine-sized
bottle of maybe the best thing ever.
Brasserie des Rocs La Montagnarde
Sweet enough to be favoured as a dessert beer, this
amber ale tastes of brown sugar and apricots, with a light
metallic and peppery finish. After trying it, you may be
surprised to discover that there’s no added sugar here,
which is often a go-to ingredient for strong Belgian ales.
All this welcoming sweetness comes directly from the
barley, which is very noticeable in the aftertaste, bringing
up fantasies of sharing a malted at the drive-in.
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Beer cellar
Other rare finds
Fuller’s Vintage Ale
Style: English Strong Ale
Since 1997, the storied London brewery Fuller’s has
produced an annual vintage ale. Their intent has been to
brew a strong English ale with the finest old-world hops
and malts of the season to create a beer that develops
with age, replete with all the boozy fruit notes and
aromas that define the style. We’ve been cellaring their
beers since we’ve opened, and hope to keep doing it
until the end of time. If you’re looking for the best day
ever, grab some friends and try a vertical tasting of all
the vintages we have left.
2006:
Super Styrian hops and floor malted barley. Only
100,000 bottles produced.
2007:
10th Anniversary edition, we’re carrying some of the
lower range of these individually numbered bottles
(3000s out of 150,000 produced). Fuggles, Target and
Super Styrian hops.
2008:
Northdown and Challenger hops, floor malted Maris
Otter malt.
2009:
Kent-grown Golding hops and East Anglican Tipple
malted barley.
2010:
Only 125,000 bottles produced. Expected by the brewer
to age into a “Classic Vintage”. Goldings and Fuggle
hops, Dry-hopped with Golding and Target hops, Tipple
malted barley.
2011:
Goldings, Organic First Gold and Sovereign hops;
organic barley.
2012:
Goldings, Soverign and Target hops; family-grown
organic barley.
2014:
English Goldings hops alongside American Liberty and
Cascade.
Nickel Brook Winey Bastard 2013
Nickel Brook Bolshevik Bastard is one of the top locallybrewed Imperial stouts, so it’s pretty exciting to see the
brewery try to make it even better. To achieve this,
Niagara-region pinot noir barrels served as the
temporary home for a batch of chocolatey and roasty jetblack beer. The wine element is not lost beneath the
power of this imperial stout. Rather, it’s very much at the
forefront. Pulled from the casks were the red berry,
earthy and vinous elements of pinot noir, adding layer
upon layer of complexity.
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Beer cellar
Other rare finds
Panil Barriquée 2007
Italy, 6.5% alc./vol.
Our latest experiment in ageing sour ales is this prized
Italian beer that’s been sitting at 10°C for the better part
of a decade. Panil Birra Artigianale produces two
versions of this ale: one for export to North America, and
one domestic. This is the true Italian version. Of the
three fermentations this beer goes through, it is the
second—a three-month maturation in cognac barrels
from Bordeaux—that bestows upon it an earthy, sour
body with true depth of character. Cellaring has brought
the spirituous woody notes straight up to the forefront in
astonishing fashion, while the sour aspect has
maintained at a constant relative mildness. The result is
a sipping sour with fruit, funk and spice.
Goose Island Pepe Nero 2013
Illinois, 6.4% alc./vol.
Style: Belgian style farmhouse ale
Brewed with rye and black peppercorns, Pepe Nero
carries a punch to the traditional Belgian saison and then
fully kicks it in the groin with the addition of roasted black
malt. A sweet nuttiness up front is married to a smoky
cola character that dries out with lingering pepper at the
end of the sip. Not your grandfather’s saison, multiple
sips might have you asking just what style of beer Pepe
Nero actually is. Whatever the answer, it’s another
successful experiment from the rule-breakers over at
Goose Island.
Struise Pannepot Grand Reserva 2005
This small family company recently sprouted from
nowhere to become one of the most highly sought-after
brewers in the international craft market, and their
Pannepot Grand Reserva is a perfect example as to
why. Dark, spicy and complex, this beer drinks
somewhere between a strong Trappist ale and a steak
dinner. Brewed with spices, aged for 14 months in
French oak and then a further 8 months in reclaimed
Calvados casks; the combination of all these courageous
techniques has produced an outstanding piece
of brewing.
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Beer cellar
Other rare finds
Rodenbach Vintage 2012
Travelling this deep into the menu can yield huge
rewards. So don’t tell anyone else, but here’s a hidden
gem. Rodenbach Grand Cru (currently pouring from our
taps....holy hell) is a blend of two versions of the same
beer: A young, sweet version, and a 2 year-old oak-aged
version that’s been allowed to sour. This bottle is just the
old stuff, from what the master brewers have judged to
be the best barrel of the year. 2012 was a good year.
Ripe with balsamic vinegar notes, a good balancing
sweetness and hints of trail mix.
Samichlaus 2014
Austria, 14% alc./vol.
Style: Doppelbock
When the original Swiss brewer of Samichlaus stopped
producing this winter seasonal in 1997, it was thought
that the world’s strongest lager would sadly become the
stuff of distant memories and increasingly dwindling
cellar supplies. But the spirit of Christmas was
resurrected in 2000 by the Castle Eggenberg Brewery in
Austria, and it is a miracle to behold. Brewed on only a
single day of the year and aged for ten months prior to
bottling, this beer is a hearth for the heart, with strong
alcohol warmth floating atop a body of cherry brandy,
apricots and raisins.
Unibroue 17 Grande Réserve 2014
In 2007, Unibroue produced the final of their numbered
anniversary beers with #17, which was promptly named
“the world’s best dark ale” at the UK World Brewing
Awards. So why’d they pull a Michael Jordan and retire
when they were on top? We don’t know. But the good
news is that they’ve now pulled a Michael Jordan and
decided to flog this recipe until the end of time.
Presenting Unibroue 17 Grande Réserve: aged on
French oak and bottle-conditioned, this beer is an
intense malt experience with highlights of mocha and
cocoa and a distinct woody finish.
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Beer cellar
Other rare finds
La Trappe Quadrupel Oak Aged
Batch #18
Style: Quadrupel (Trappist)
While you can’t throw a brick in a beer store without
hitting some craft brewed something-or-other aged on
an obscure kind of oak liquor barrel, Trappist monks
have been more purist in this regard. Well, welcome to
the 21st century. In 2009, the Koningshoeven (La
Trappe) brewery released their first oak barrel-aged
quadruppel, and they’ve been making different blends
ever since. In Batch #18, The caramel-and-plum base
of their strong Quadrupel, is aged on moscatel, brandy,
oloroso and new high toast. This adds a vanilla
oakiness plus a noticeable sherry and brandy
sweetness contributed by the fortified wine extracts.
Considering the majority of the batch has been aged on
a range of digestif wines, feel free to have this bottle to
cap off the night.
Chimay Grand Réserve Magnum 2012
This is the strongest and maltiest ale from the Trappist
monastery brewery, Abbaye de Notre-Dame de
Scourmont. Known as Chimay Blue when served in
less comically large bottles, it’s roundly spicy and winy
in character and only getting smoother with age.
Beer by the shot
Rich, rare and potent beers meant to be
consumed like a fine spirit.
Baladin Xyauyù, Copper Label 2007
Italy, 14.5% alc./vol.
Xyauyù (which as far as we can tell is pronounced
X-shi-eye-you) has been produced as an homage to
purposefully oxidized wines like Madiera. It takes about
two entire years to get from boil to bottle, resulting in a
still, slick and vinous sip, drinking with the body of an
icewine. Prepare yourself for a concentrated blast of
raisin, apricot, port and a little bit of smoke. So rich and
rare, we only sell it by the shot.
This book is written by David Bronfman, who has a degree
in molecular biology but refuses to use it properly. It also
contains some entries written by internationally
renowned beer authority Stephen Beaumont, from like
almost 10 years ago when he used to have this job and
which David is too lazy to replace.
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White wine
————— Single Serving or Bottle —————
Vineland Estates
Pinot Grigio 2013
Niagara Peninsula, Ontario
Pear, crisp fall apple and kiwi on the nose, leading to a
lemon-citrus acidic freshness.
Humberto Canale Estate
Sauvignon Blanc 2013
Patagonia, Argentina
Citrus at the start and then nuances of pineapple, mango
and passion fruit. Round with a balanced acidity and a long
finish.
Tin Roof
Chardonnay 2013
Sacramento Delta, California
Bold, smooth and complex. Stainless steel fermentation
provides a floral nose and mouth-filling palate of Fuji apple
and crème brûlée.
—————————— Bottle ——————————
Cave Spring
Riesling Estate 2013
Off-dry with good acidity. Intense grapefruit and slate; long,
clean and refreshing finish.
Girasole Vineyards
Chardonnay 2013
Mendocino, California
Organic. Medium bodied and well balanced. Lush fruit
complimented by a touch of spicy French oak.
Featherstone Estate
Canadian Oak Chardonnay 2012
Fermented by wild, local yeast. Rich and buttery, with
poached pear, vanilla wood spices and brioche notes.
Astrolabe Sauvignon Blanc 2013
Marlborough, New Zealand
Medium-bodied wine with gooseberry and currant flavours,
a hint of herbs and a smooth and long finish.
Sparkling wines
Moët & Chandon Brut Impérial NV
France
Predominantly pinot characteristics, very ample on the
palate, with lime blossom and a discreet finish.
Giró Ribot “Ab Origine”
Cava Brut Reserva
Catalunya, Spain
Rich and balanced. Full, flavourful, fresh, with a touch of
red fruits and yeasts.
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Red wine
————— Single Serving or Bottle —————
Cuvée Jean-Paul Rouge ‘13
(Grenache/Syrah)
Vaucluse, France
Medium-bodied and soft, with jammy spiced plum,
orange peel and baked strawberry tart notes.
Five Vineyards by Mission Hill
Pinot Noir 2013
Okanagan Valley, BC
Medium-bodied. Aromas of wild strawberries and black
tea. Earthy tones, plums and toasted almonds on the
palate. Soft tannins.
Castle Rock Paso Robles
Cabernet Sauvignon 2012
Paso Robles, California
Intense and full-bodied. Aromas of black cherry and
spice. Berry and earthy flavours, hints of spice, light
chocolate and vanilla.
—————————— Bottle ——————————
Paula Malbec 2014
Mendoza, Argentina
Lovely dark fruit, bramble spice and cigar box aromas: a
serious, concentrated wine with a ripe tannic structure.
The Velvet Devil Merlot 2012
Columbia Valley, Washington State
Smooth with classic Merlot aromas of dark cherries,
cedar and pipe tobacco. Hints of anise, stone and cherry
blossoms.
Echeverria Gran Reserva
Cabernet Sauvignon 2011
Curico Valley, Chile
Intense aromas of strawberries, blackberries and cherries
blended with coffee and tobacco. Round and silky on the
palate with a lingering finish.
Ralph Fowler Shiraz 2012
Mount Benson, South Australia
Rich with medium acidity. Aromas of ripe cherries and
chocolate. Earthy, chocolaty and peppery with tight
tannins.
Fortified Wine
Taylor Fladgate Late Bottled Port 2010
Duoro Valley, Portugal
.
Spicy with plums and dried fruit, elegant and dry.
Campbells Rutherglen Muscat NV
Rutherglen, Australia
Luscious and mouthfilling, raisined fruits combine with the
oak flavours to produce a wine of great length.
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Vodka
1.5 oz.
Stolichnaya.................................................................. ...
Grey Goose.................................................................. ……..
Dillon’s Method 95....................................................... ……..
Stolichnaya Elit............................................................. …….
Gin
1.5 oz.
Beefeater..........................................................................
Hendrick’s.........................................................................
Tanqueray 10........................................................................
Dillon’s Unfiltered Gin 22.......................................................
Rum
1.5 oz.
Appleton White..................................................................
Gosling’s Dark...................................................................
Appleton Estate V/X..................................................... ……..
Rye
1.5 oz.
Wiser’s..............................................................................
Crown Royal.....................................................................
Forty Creek Double Barrel Reserve........................... ………
Scotch
1.5 oz.
Famous Grouse.................................................................
Chivas.......................................................................... ……..
The Glenlivet 12 Year.................................................. ……..
Glenfiddich 12 Year..............................................................
Johnny Walker Red...............................................................
Johnny Walker Black.............................................................
Talisker 10 Year........................................................ ………
Oban 14 Year........................................................................
Whiskey & Bourbon
1.5 oz.
Maker’s Mark Bourbon..........................................................
Elijah Craig 12 Year Bourbon.............................................
Woodford Reserve Distiller’s Select Bourbon............ ………
Bushmills Irish Whiskey.............................................. ……..
Jameson Irish Whiskey................................................ ……..
Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey.............................. ……..
Tequila
1.5 oz.
Jose Cuervo Gold........................................................……..
Tromba Blanco......................................................................
Tromba Reposado (9 month)................................................
Tromba Añejo (18 month).......................................... ………
Cognac
1.5 oz.
Rémy Martin V.S.O.P............................................................
Hennessy V.S.O.P..................................................... ………
Courvoisier X.O......................................................... ………
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Icewine
Inniskillin Vidal Icewine 2003
Cave Springs Riesling Icewine 2003
Iced fruit wine
Sunnybrook Farms Iced Pear
Niagara Peninsula, Ontario, 12% alc.
Sunnybrook Farms Iced Apricot
Niagara Peninsula, Ontario, 12% alc.
Specialty cocktails and martinis
Bourbon Street Blanche: Maker’s Mark, cointreau,
lemon and lime juice, finished with Blanche de Chambly
Not Sangria: Red wine, Weissbier, Rodenbach
Grand Cru, lemon juice and raspberry syrup
Tropical Staycation: Tromba tequila, Chambord,
lemon and cranberry juice
Gold Digger: Vodka, butter ripple, Bailey’s and a
splash of Goldschläger
Honeydew: Melon liqueur, Vodka, splash of grapefruit
and lemon juice
Asphalt Jungle Bird: Gin, Campari, splash of
pineapple and lime juice
Godfather II: Scotch whiskey, Amaretto,
lemon juice, grenadine
Standard mixed drinks
1.5 oz.
With Rail Booze.....………………….................………………
or The Good Stuff............................……................….. …….
Standard martinis
2 oz.
House pours................................................................ ……..
Premium pours.......................................................... ………
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specialty coffees & teas
All our specialty coffees come with freshly whipped cream.
Blueberry Tea: Amaretto & Grand Marnier
Bailey’s Coffee: Baileys Irish Cream
B52 Coffee: Baileys, Kahlua & Grand Marnier
Irish Coffee: Irish Whiskey
Monte Cristo Coffee: Kahlua & Grand Marnier
Spanish Coffee: Brandy & Kahlua
Tea
We carry Mighty Leaf artisinal whole leaf tea pouches:
signature blends wrapped in hand-stitched bags.
Bombay Chai
Chamomile Citrus*
Green Tea Tropical
Hojicha Green Tea
Mountain Spring Jasmine
Organic African Nectar*
Organic Breakfast
Organic Earl Grey
Organic Mint Melange*
* = Caffeine-Free
Coffee
Our beans are roasted at Ontario’s own Balzac’s Roasters.
We don’t offer decaf espresso drinks.
Coffee (decaf available)....................................................
Espresso...........................................................................
Double espresso...............................................................
Cappuccino...........................................................................
Americano.........................................................................
Latte.................................................................................
Café au lait (decaf available).................................................
Soft drinks
Coke, Diet Coke, Ginger ale, Sprite,
Soda, Tonic, Root beer, Iced Tea.....................................
Pellegrino, Sm...................................................................
Pellegrino, Lg....................................................................
Organge Juice, Cranberry, Grapefruit,
Pineapple, Tomato, Clamato.................................................
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The world is your bistro
fig. 2: Countries and regions represented at beerbistro.
The thing we like to do here is carry as many different
styles of beer as possible, instead of cramming our
shelves full of identical lagers from all over the world.
That being said, our current list has almost 120 beers
from 18 brewing nations, including 8 American states
and 3 Canadian provinces.
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Beer index
(Your favourite of all indexes)
on tap
page
Blanche de Chambly............................................................5
Collective Arts Ransack the Universe.....................................7
Gales Seafarers......................................................................6
Hacker-Pschorr Edelhell.......................................................5
Hopf Helle Weisse..................................................................5
La Trappe Tripel.....................................................................9
Maudite...................................................................................9
Mort Subite Kriek....................................................................9
Nickel Brook Immodest Imperial IPA......................................7
Pilsner Urquell......................................................................5
Publican House Square Nail Pale Ale..................................8
Rodenbach Grand Cru.........................................................6
Samuel Adams Summer Ale...................................................5
Shillow Beer Co. Sass on the Side.......................................7
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale..........................................................8
St. Ambroise Oatmeal Stout................................................9
Stone Arrogant Bastard Ale.................................................... 8
in the bottle or can
page
Achel Extra Bruin................................................................27
Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier.............................................23
Anchor Liberty Ale.............................................................17
Anchor Steam Beer...........................................................13
Aventinus..............................................................................21
Baladin Xyauyù, Copper Label 2007..................................38
Black Oak Break of Dusk......................................................17
Black Oak Nut Brown Ale..................................................14
Bockor Cuvée des Jacobins Rouge...................................13
Brasserie des Rocs La Montagnarde.................................34
Brigand Belgian Ale..............................................................24
Brooklyn Monster Ale.........................................................33
BSG Glutenberg Pale Ale Américaine................................31
Cameron’s Rye Pale Ale......................................................17
Central City Red Racer IPA..................................................17
Cheval Blanc........................................................................11
Chimay Blue.......................................................................28
Chimay Grand Réserve 2012.............................................38
Chimay Première................................................................21
Chimay White.....................................................................24
Collective Arts Rhyme & Reason..........................................18
Collective Arts Saint of Circumstance................................12
Czechvar..............................................................................11
De la Senne Taras Boulba...................................................18
De la Senne Zinnebir..........................................................24
Delirium Tremens.................................................................24
Dieu du Ciel! Aphrodite.........................................................16
Dieu du Ciel! Disco Soliel.....................................................18
Dieu du Ciel! Moralité...........................................................18
Dieu du Ciel! Péché Mortel...................................................28
Dragon Stout........................................................................21
Duvel....................................................................................25
Engelszell Gregorius Trappistenbier.....................................28
Erdinger Weissbier Alkoholfrei...........................................31
Erdinger Weissbier Dunkel................................................14
Framboise Boon 2012........................................................34
Freigeist Abraxxxas..............................................................23
Früli Strawberry.................................................................30
Fuller’s ESB........................................................................19
Fuller’s Vintage Ale...............................................................35
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Beer index
(Your favourite of all indexes)
in the bottle or can (con’t)
page
Goose Island Goose IPA....................................................19
Goose Island Pepe Nero 2013..........................................36
Gouden Carolus Cuvée Van de Keizer Blauw 2014...........34
Great Lakes THRUST! An IPA...........................................19
Guinness..........................................................................16
Hacker-Pschorr Hefe Weisse.............................................11
Hobgoblin..........................................................................14
Innis & Gunn Oak Aged Beer............................................14
Kasteel Donker...................................................................28
Köstritzer Schwarzbier........................................................14
Kwak...................................................................................21
La Fin du Monde.............................................................25
Lakefront New Grist...........................................................31
La Trappe Quadrupel Oak Aged Batch #18.......................38
Left Field Eephus Oatmeal Brown Ale................................14
Les Trois Mousquetaires GC Porter Baltique.....................29
Le Trou du Diable l’Ours.....................................................13
Le Trou du Diable La Buteuse...........................................25
Mikkeller Monk’s Brew.......................................................29
Mikkeller Texas Ranger.....................................................25
Mill Street Coffee Porter....................................................16
Mort Subite Framboise......................................................30
Muskoka Winter Beard Chocolate Cranberry Stout............16
New Holland Michigan Awesome Hatter...........................19
New Holland Rye Hatter....................................................20
Nickel Brook Headstock IPA.............................................20
Nickel Brook Naughty Neighbour......................................20
Nickel Brook Winey Bastard 2013......................................35
Omnipollo Hypnopompa Marshmallow Stout Bourb. Ed....34
Orval 2011..........................................................................26
Panil Barriquée 2007.........................................................36
Pêche Mel Scaldis.............................................................30
Renaissance Tribute Barley Wine 2012.............................33
Rochefort 6........................................................................21
Rochefort 8........................................................................22
Rodenbach Vintage 2012...................................................37
Samichlaus 2014................................................................37
Samuel Adams Boston Lager...........................................15
Schneider Weisse...............................................................11
Side Launch Dark Lager...................................................15
Singha Lager.....................................................................12
Smuttynose Imperial Stout.................................................29
Spirit Tree Draught Cider....................................................31
Stiegl Pils..........................................................................12
Stiegl Radler Grapefruit.....................................................30
Stillwater Stateside Saison................................................26
Struise Pannepot Grand Reserva 2005.............................36
St. Bernardus Abt 12..........................................................29
St. Paul Double..................................................................22
St. Peter’s English Ale.......................................................15
Thiriez Étoile du Nord.........................................................20
Thomas Hardy’s Ale 2006.................................................33
Traquair House Ale...........................................................22
Tripel Karmeliet.................................................................26
Trois Pistoles.....................................................................22
Unibroue 17 Grande Réserve 2014....................................37
Urthel Hop-It......................................................................27
Vander Ghinste Brasserie LeFort.......................................23
VanderGhinste Oud Bruin..................................................13
Westmalle Dubbel..............................................................23
Westmalle Tripel................................................................27
Wild Beer Ninkasi...............................................................27
X.O. Beer..........................................................................30
Young’s Double Chocolate Stout......................................16
Zywiec................................................................................12
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weekend brunch
And late-nite poutine
every night @ 11:00*
* Poutine starts at 10:00pm on
Sundays, you lucky people.
Kitchen open until one hour before closing.
Monday to Wednesday: 11:30 am - 1:00 am
Thursday and Friday: 11:30 am - 2:00 am
Saturday: 11:00 am - 2:00 am
Sunday: 11:00 am - 12:00 am
There’s a private dining room in the back for
your special functions. We’d be happy to
show it to you, as long as no one’s having a
party in there at the time
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18 King Street East, Toronto
416.861.9872
Some artisanal beers vary in alcohol content from
batch to batch. All alcohol contents are accurate as of the
date of this menu printing, but may change without
notice. If you’re reading this, holy cow, you’ve actually
finished the longest menu of all time. You should really be
drinking right now.

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